From Hatred to Passionate Love Amelia Hart

Chapter 725 We Can't Be Lovers

"Then what you love is my status, not me as a person," Penelope sighed softly. "If someone else were born into the Mitchell family and became the Mitchell family's heiress, you would love her too."

Brandon was slightly taken aback, then spoke in disappointment, "Penelope, why do you deny my love like this?"

He had held onto this love for so long, it had taken up a quarter of his life.

"I'm just expressing my true feelings. You say you love me and will only marry me because I am the Mitchell family's heiress, your childhood companion, the person you promised. If someone else had my status, you would love her the same way."

Penelope remembered she had also asked Kelvin why he loved her. Although Kelvin wasn't good at expressing emotions and was a man of few words, he did articulate his reasons for loving her.

He said he was moved because of her strength in surviving through desperate times, her determination and refusal to give up, and her courage to be herself. He saw a different attitude towards life in her, which attracted him.

This was Kelvin's answer, and Penelope always remembered it. But now, when she asked Brandon why he loved her, Brandon repeatedly said it was because she was her, the person he promised to marry in childhood.

"We can't go back, Brandon," Penelope sighed. "Fate had it that I got lost from the Mitchell family and went missing for over twenty years. Our bond was broken from that moment."

"We can be lifelong friends, even family, but not lovers." She made it clear.

When she first learned about Brandon's love for her, she always dodged and avoided it, not knowing how to face it. Now she realized that avoiding it wasn't the solution.

It was better to make it clear to avoid further misunderstandings. Penelope still needed Brandon as a friend; he was also a crucial person in her life.

Brandon's eyes were noticeably bloodshot. "You refused my

much has happened recently, Brandon. I never found the right moment to explain things to you. So today, I'll just make

beginning to end, you still love Kelvin, don't you? Besides him, there's no

admitted, "Yes,

to hurt you before? Penelope, have you forgotten why you faked your death by jumping into the sea? Have

"I haven't forgotten..."

her. "Aren't you afraid that Kelvin will hurt you again? Do you want to go through

Kelvin as before. He has changed a

and ruthless, but he reserved all his softness for her. Penelope had noticed

"Penelope, I knew it. I knew that once you brought Lucy back to LA, you would never leave again." "You can't bear to leave Kelvin. You love him, and Kelvin won't easily let you go again. You have a child together, you have feelings for each other. He turned gray overnight worrying about you, he vowed never to marry anyone

guessed you two would reconcile, I still supported you in bringing Lucy back because I wanted Lucy to recover, because I

bring Sam to LA, let him stay with the Walker

what did I get? Just a 'thank you' from you!" No matter how

long and giving so much, he

childhood promise was met with Penelope's "I don't remember." His years of help were met with her

been waiting, holding onto that sliver of hope. He thought that after doing so much, Penelope would see it, care about it, soften, be moved,

fulfilling their childhood promise and becoming

Kelvin. She loved the man who threw her into a mental hospital and

at a loss; she